I'm doing catch-up, so if someone already mentioned this, disregard. Ford, when basically asked if Howard (maybe Anna, too)may have murdered Daniel, he did say he thought Howard would not have intentionally hurt Daniel.
I'm curious about the pills in Daniel's pant pocket, too. Ford just assumed he flushed them down the toilet. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't. If Daniel took something he already had on him, that would seem to put Stern in the clear. We'll never know what those pills were unless Howard confirms it and knew what they were. And, if Ford was being truthful. He sounded like he was, but who knows? All conjecture and nothing more.
Well, and I thought I was pretty certain the scenario involved a different pair of blue jeans from the pair Daniel had on when he died and that this happened at Horizons.
But then when there were questions about the abrasions on Daniel's pelvis and hip areas, the first thing I thought of was that the jeans pockets are in those areas - and if someone happened to frantically go through them for evidence to get rid of, they might have done it too roughly.
There may have been objects, like keys or keychains or whatever that might've scratched the skin underneath. So, I changed my mind back to allow the possibility that the pills were found in the jeans Daniel had on - while he had them on.
The pockets might have also been searched frantically and there weren't any pills in them - but another pair back at the house did have them.
I just don't know where Ford was when this happened. We first heard Horizons - then later heard it was at the hospital. I just don't know!
Remember that Ford and Shelley made these tapes BEFORE Anna died. Her death would totally change their perspective.